Bibliograph

Japanese myths, legends, and folktales, bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi, by Yuri Yasuda ; illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura and Eiichi Mitsui

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Japanese myths, legends, and folktales, bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi, by Yuri Yasuda ; illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura and Eiichi Mitsui

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

5+ years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Japanese myths, legends, and folktales

Oclc number

1049790070

Responsibility statement

by Yuri Yasuda ; illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura and Eiichi Mitsui

Sub title

bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi

Summary

Tales originally written in English by author Yuri Yasuda based on her interpretations of twelve traditional Japanese stories. Japanese versions of each tale include simple kanji with furigana pronunciations to help learners recognize the characters

Table Of Contents

Shitakiri Suzume = The tongue-cut sparrow -- Kintarō = The strong boy -- Nezumi no yomeiri = The marriage of a mouse -- Urashima Tarō = The fisherman and the tortoise -- Kaguya hime = The luminous princess -- Momotarō = The peach boy -- Kachi kachi yama = The kachi kachi mountain -- Kobutori jiisan = The old men with wens -- Hanasaka jijii = The old man who made trees blossom -- Issunbōshi = The one-inch boy -- Bunbuku chagama = The lucky cauldron -- Sarukani kassen = The monkey-and-crab fight

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Bilingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi

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